Kite has the golden touch

Racing: Golden Kite was the main beneficiary in a dramatic renewal of the Gigginstown House Midlands National Handicap Chase…

Racing:Golden Kite was the main beneficiary in a dramatic renewal of the Gigginstown House Midlands National Handicap Chase at Kilbeggan.

The 11-2 joint-favourite was one of three in the thick of things coming to the last, where the departure of Classic Frontier left him in front.

Giving everything for Brian O’Connell, the Adrian Maguire-trained eight-year-old held off the always-prominent Decoy Daddy by a length and a half on the run to the line.

The front-running Mr Bishop came to grief three out when still going well for Andrew Lynch, while Away We Go departed at the first.